Uber drivers on Thursday will embark on a second 24-hour work stoppage in just two weeks, in protest of the rideshare giant's lawsuit that has halted a city-approved wage increase.
“The city’s for hire drivers have every right to protest Uber’s attempt to deny them the inflation and cost of living pay adjustment that they are rightfully due,” said Do. “TLC is actively protesting this too, in court.”
Uber claims the hike would force it either to spend at least $20 million per month on compensation or raise prices for passengers by 10% — which it deems unacceptable, given it has already upped fares by a whopping 48% since 2019, according to court documents filed by its lawyers. The tech titan — which says it supported smaller wage increases in 2020 and March of 2022 — says the wage increase would damage its reputation and cause it to lose customers to yellow cabs and mass transit.
Uber drivers will go on their second work stoppage in two weeks Thursday in protest of the company’s wage lawsuit.“Uber doesn’t think about the drivers, they just think about themselves,” said Samassa Tidiane, an Uber driver and NYTWA member, in a statement. “We’re suffering because car payments, insurance, food, gas, mechanic prices are all going up.
“The rate adjustment…that Uber seeks to enjoin does nothing more than adjust the initial pay rates to the realities of consumer pricing, and ensure that its mileage reimbursement still covers drivers’ expenses, instead of leaving them paying for expenses out of the portion of their earnings that should be reserved for take-home pay,” reads the amicus brief.
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